The Bible contains two notable instances of resurrection, or raising from the dead, so differing in their every aspect as to be worthy of comment.
In John 11 is recorded Jesus' work in raising Lazarus from the tomb. Lazarus' body had been buried and had lain in the tomb for four days. When he came forth in response to the Master's imperative command, the graveclothes in which human thought had wrapped a mortal body were still around him, and the napkin was over his face. Jesus had wept over the doubt and disbelief of those about him, for even the faithful Mary, more spiritually-minded than the others, failed to realize the ever-presence of the Christ when she said, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died."
Lazarus, who believed he must die, and his friends and family who believed that he had died, were not prepared for the complete demonstration and proof that the real Life of man is God. And so, in order to rouse the thought of those who had witnessed Lazarus' death and restoration, Jesus said (John 11: 44), "Loose him, and let him go."
